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<h1>Static Content Manager : New / Edit</h1>


<div style="text-align: right;">--- Draft 4.5.3<br /></div><br />This page lets create or edit a Static Content Item.<br />Static Content Items are not part of a section or category.  They cannot be added to a blog, category or section page. The only way to display them on your site is through a Menu or through the Frontpage Component (new in 4.5.3).<br /><br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toolbar Icons</span></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Preview: </span>Opens a new window to preview the content as you would in the Frontend of your site. (missing as of 07/24/05)<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upload: </span>Opens a new window which lets you upload a file or an image from your computer to the images/stories folder.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Save: </span>Saves the content and returns to Manager.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Apply: </span>Saves the content and keep the content displayed to edit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Close: </span>Cancels the action. Any modification is lost. If opened to edit, the Static Content Item remains checked-in.<br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Item Details</span>&nbsp;<br /></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Title:</span> Type here is the title of the Static Content. This is the title as it will appear on the page when displayed.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Title Alias: </span>This field is not used by core.&nbsp; SEF scripts and dynamic title/meta scripts use it and it may have a future use.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Text (required):</span> Type here the content you want to display.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Content Mambots</span><br />Content
Mambots are special tags you place in your content that Joomla! parses to
perform a particular action or fonction. These Mambots will be
available (if published) even if you choose NO WYSIWYG editor in the
Global Configuration. They may be published or edited through the
Mambot Manager (Mambots-&gt;Site Mambots, Filter set to content).<br /><br />The two default Mambots specifically used when editing content are: <br /><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>{mosimage} (mosimage Mambot): Used to tell Joomla! where to place graphics in your content.</li><li>{
mospagebreak} (mospaging Mambo): Instructs Joomla! to create a page break
in your content. You can break your content into several pages if you
like. If you do, a table of content will display to let you navigate
between the different pages created.</li></ul><br />Buttons to insert
these codes may be published or not through (Mambots-&gt;Site Mambots,
Filter set to editor.xtd). You may also manually type them into your
content. Remember that in order for your images to show in the content,
you must insert the {mosimage} code snippet where you would like your
image to be placed in your content. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Formatting content</span><br />The formatting options interface depend on the Editor you are using.<br />Many editors are available as Open Source (through MamboForge) or commercial products.<br /><br />Joomla! comes with 2 default editors:<br /><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>NO WYSIWYG: This editor lets you enter text and/or HTML code directly.</li><li>TinyMCE: This editor lets edit in WYSIWYG or HTML mode (See specific Help).</li></ul><span style="font-style: italic;">NOTE: You may have multiple editors
published. Choose one in Global Configuration to be the default. As of
4.5.3, each registered user with the adequate access may choose a
preferred editor in her/his details parameters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Attributes Area for Static Content consists of five tabs: </span><br />Publishing, Images, Parameters, Meta Info and Link to Menu.<br /><br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publishing</span></h2><span style="font-style: italic;">Publishing Info</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Published: </span>Check the box to let the item show on your site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Show on Frontpage: </span>Check the box if you want this content to be assigned to the FrontPage Component.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Access Level: </span>Choose who will be able to view this content. Public, registered or special.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author
Alias:</span> You can publish the author's name for a piece of content. You
can choose a Registered user as displayed through the dropdown or type
any name there (an author that does not have an account or content
created by many authors as a group).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Change Creator:</span> This lets assign ownership of this content to another registered user.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ordering:</span>
Select the order in which this content is listed relative to others in
this Category. The choices available in the dropdown will show once
changes to the item are saved or applied.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Override Created Date:</span> This shows the created date for the content. You can change the date if necessary.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Start Publishing: </span>Select the date when this document is to be published on the website.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finish Publishing:</span> If desired, you can set the date when your content is to be expired.<br /><br />-----------------------<br />The following information displays when an item has been saved/applied or when editing.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Content ID: </span>This is the ID of the content in the database.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">State:</span> This shows the current state of the document. It is not editable.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hits: </span>This gives the number of times this content was viewed. The Reset Hits Value button allows you to reset the counter to zero.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Revised: </span>This shows the number of edits this content has undergone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Created:</span> This is the date this content item was created.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By:</span> This is the name of the user that created the content item.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last Modified: </span>This is the date when this content item was last modified, if ever.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By:</span> This is the name of the user that last modified this content, if ever.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Expires:</span> the date to stop publishing this item.<br /><br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Images Tab<br /></span></h2><span style="font-style: italic;">MOSImage Control</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gallery Images:</span> This dropdown lists the images available in the specific sub-folder (default is images/stories/). <br />Highlight one or multiple image name(s) and click on the 'Add' button.<br />The name(s) will display in the Content Images dropdown.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sub-folder:</span> Choose here the sub-folder you want to get the images from. These are in images/stories/.<br />Once choosen, the image will display beneath this drop-down<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Content Images</span><br />The
'up' and 'down' buttons determine the order of images if there are more
than one on this page. The images will display relative to the
instances of {mosimage} tags in your content.<br /><br />Edit the image selected<br />Select an image in 'Content Images'.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Source:</span> Displays the default name of the image highlighted. You may edit that name.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Image Align:</span> Lets you choose between None, center, left or right.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alt Text: </span>Lets you choose an Alt Text for the image.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Border:</span> Type here the number of pixels you want the border to be around the image.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caption:</span> Type here a caption for the image.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caption Position: </span>Choose here between bottom or top.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caption Align: </span>Lets you choose between None, center, left or right.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Width: </span>Type here a number in pixels to override the width of the image<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Apply:</span> Click on this button to apply all the parameters defined for this image<br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Parameters</span></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Parameter Control<br /><br /></span>These parameters control what you see when you view a Static Content Item in full view.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Menu Image:</span> A small image to place to the left or right of your Menu Item. Images must be in images/stories.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SSL enabled: </span>Selects whether or not this link should use SSl and the Secure Site URL.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Page Title: </span>Hides or shows the Page Title as defined in 'Details'.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Page
Class Suffix: </span>Allows you to set customized styles for this page. The
suffix you type here is automatically added to the CSS classes for this
page, and will have to be defined in your template's CSS stylesheet for
usage.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Back Button:</span> Controls whether to show or hide a &quot;Back&quot;
text link that would appear on the bottom of the page and return the
user to the previously viewed page. The pull down lets select 'Use
Global' to use the parameter as defined globally through the
Site-&gt;Global Configuration, 'Hide' or 'Show'.<br /><br />For each of the following seven items listed below, you
can use the option selected in the Global Configuration settings (Site
-&gt; Global Configuration) by selecting 'Use Global' or you can
override the Global Configuration setting by selecting 'Show' or
'Hide.' Overriding the settings here for items will not affect the
Global Configuration settings and will not affect the settings on the
rest of the site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Item Rating: </span>Hides or shows ratings given to home page items by your site's users.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author Names: </span>Hides or shows the names of authors of items.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Created Date and Time: </span>Hides or shows the date and time that items were created.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modified Date and Time: </span>Hides or shows the date and time that items were last modified.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PDF Icon: </span>Hides or shows the icon and link to the PDF version of items.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Print Icon: </span>Hides or shows the icon and link to the printer-friendly format of items.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email Icon: </span>Hides or shows the icon and link to the page that enables users to email items to others.<br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meta Info</span></h2><span style="font-style: italic;">Meta Data</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Description: </span>This information is inserted in the headers of your content. It is commonly used by search engines.<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keywords:</span>
These keywords are also related to the header information provided for
search engines, but provide too a much more important function. These
keywords drive the What's Related Module that provides automatic links
to other content items that shares a similar keyword. <br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Link to Menu</span></h2><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>This will create a 'Link - Static Content Item' in the menu you select.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">NOTE: This is one way to show Static Content Items on your site. The other ways are through a Static Content Table link through the Menu Manager and as a Frontpage Component asssigned item in the Publishing tab above.</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Select a Menu: </span>Highlight here one the menus defined for your site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Menu Item Name: </span>The name of the Menu as it will appear on your site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Link to Menu: </span>Click on this button to create the Menu Item.<br /><br /><h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Existing Menu Items</span></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>This displays a list of all 'Link - Static Content Item' Menu Items referencing this static content.<br />

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